PTW Bloomington, MN 10/27/17

Promotion: Prime Time Wrestling
Time/Date: 7 p.m. Friday October 27, 2017
City, State: Bloomington, MN
Venue: Bloomington Event Center


This was the second annual PTW zombie invasion. The event started off with Lore and Joseph "Stonehenge" Wayne coming to the ring and bringing out some zombies to attack a rookie wrestler. The zombies would come out more through out the night.

Black Stallion defeated PTW Uptown champion Darin Corbin by DQ. Corbin hit Stallion with the title belt for the DQ. Check out that old school WWF shirt on the the guy on the left of the photo.

PTW U.S. Fanny Pack champion Danny Duggan took on Luther Wilson III, Tomahawk Kid, Brandon Gore, "Downtown" Petey Brown and Ian Xavier in a 6 man match.

Most of the wrestlers were attacked by "Stonehenge" and his zombies.

Danny Duggan pinned Ian Xavier ( the only remaining wrestler) to retain the fanny pack title.

Air Wolf pinned Craven Knyte. This may have been Knyte's last match in pro wrestling.

"Livewire" Johnny Parks took on a guy who who runs a karate dojo. It was suppose to be Billy Blaze that was suppose to take on the karate guy but Blaze must have been too scared to show up. Parks was attacked by the zombies.

PTW champion Mitch Paradise defeated Lore to retain the title. This event was the first of 3 that I would attend over the weekend. Both of these guys would be on all three of those events.


PTW tag team champions Wild Cat & Super Thunder Frog wrestled DOUG & Other DOUG to a no contest when Lore, Joseph "Stonehenge" Wayne and the zombies attacked the 4 wrestlers.

Wild Cat & Super Thunder Frog defeated Lore & Joseph "Stonehenge" Wayne in a quick match to end the event.

HOW Superior, WI 9/24/16

Promotion: Heavy On Wrestling
Time/Date: 7 pm Saturday September 24, 2016
City, State: Superior, Wisconsin
Venue: Wessman Arena

Evilution: Rise of Destruction
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan was at the event to sign autographs. He was also inducted into the MN Wrestling Hall of Fame by Sylvester J. Fox.

Wildcat pinned Scott Story.

"6% Body Fat" Rob James defeated (FKA Simon Dean).

Steve Lombardi (FKA The Brooklyn Brawler) defeated "Live Wire" Johnny Parks by tap out.

In a special attraction 6 man tag team match Mitch Paradise, John Johnson & Dan Hanger ( a news anchor in Duluth, MN) defeated The Daivari brothers ( Ariya & Shawn) & Dan Jesser. Hanger got the pin on Jesser.

Darin Corbin got the win over by DQ.

HOW champion Lance Hoyt beat Ken Anderson in a best of 3 falls match to retain the title.

The next HOW event is Saturday November 12 at the South St. Paul high school.

AWF Elk River, MN 2/23/2013

The American Wrestling Federation held their annual Elk River benefit event at the high school. This event was tapped for the AWF Sunday Shock Wave TV show airing on channel 23 Sundays at 9:30am.
In the opening match Chas Betts defeated Arya Daivari.
The next match was between two guys who were making their debut. The guy in the jeans and t-shirt won the match.
AWF Elite champion Craven Knyte pinned Mikey Wipeout.
Tony DeNucci pinned Pete Huge.
Johnny Parks, Wildcat & Big Sepio defeated Sammy Savard, John Johnson & AWF heavy weight champion Black Stallion.
Al Snow beat Mitch Paradise in the main event. Snow got some help from Head to defeat Paradise.

AWF Elk River, MN 2/25/2012

This past Saturday night the American Wrestling Federation held their annual fund raiser for the Elk River high school football team. This event was also a TV taping for the AWF Saturday Night Slam TV show that can be seen on channel 45 in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.
In the first match Ryan Cruz defeated Rob James.
The Black Stallion pinned Mr. KK (Kamikaze Klecker)
Tony DeNucci pinned El Muerto  after a frog splash.
Johnny Parks came out for his match but his opponent never came out. A name was announced that I didn’t hear and music was played but no one came out. The ref counted to 10 and Parks was the winner. El Muerto was dumb enough to come to the ring and attack Parks.
Craven Knyte became the first AWF Elite champion when he defeated John Johnson.
AWF World champion Wildcat defeated former champion Arya Daivari in a no dq match. After his victory Wildcat wanted to celebrate with an adult beverage but the bar tender wouldn’t serve him with the mask on.

AWF Monticello, MN 1/7/2012

The American Wrestling Federation returned to the Monticello high school for another fund raiser/TV taping. AWF Saturday Night Slam is now taped in HD!.
In the opening match The Black Stallion pinned “All Star” Paul Brewski.
“6% Body Fat” Rob James beat “Livewire” Johnny Parks with the lipo buster, aka Canadian destroyer. This was actually a tag team match with James and Parks teaming with teachers from Monticello High School. After the match James told his partner to kick Parks while he was down. Teachers are really good guys so all the teachers pummeled James.
Former AWF heavy weight champion Tony DeNucci pinned John Johnson after a big splash from the top rope.
Arya & Shawn Daivari beat AWF heavy weight champion Wildcat & Ryan Cruz. Arya hit Wildcat with the title belt to get the 3 count from ref Rob Page.
The main event was a royal rumble with all the wrestlers from the four previous matches minus the teachers and Wildcat. Benjamin Sailer was also in the rumble but he didn’t last long. No wonder the AWF doesn’t book him. Johnny Parks was the winner of the match when he skinned the cat and pulled Rob James out to the floor.

AWF Hayward, WI 10/08/2011

The American Wrestling Federation had a TV taping at the Hayward Sports Center this past Saturday night. The AWF Saturday Night Slam TV show can be seen on channel 45 in the Minneapolis/St Paul area.
AWF COO Tony DeNucci came out before the matches started to address the fans. He was interrupted by El Muerte who said he wanted a match. DeNucci said he would wrestle El Muerte later in the night.
Gunner Clash defeated Apostle 13 after a kick to the jimmy.
“The All Star” Paul Brewski pinned John Johnson. After the match Johnson attacked Brewski because he is a sore looser.
Tony DeNucci defeated El Muerte in a no DQ match. El Muerte means The Death in Spanish.
“Live Wire” Johnny Parks pinned Armageddon after a top rope leg drop. This was my first time seeing Armageddon and he is a really big guy.
Wild Cat defeated “6% body fat” Rob James after a moon sault. This was my first time seeing Wild Cat in action after hearing a lot about him.
AWF champion Arya Daivari pinned Craven Knyte to retain the title.
Wild Cat won the Hayward Rumble to become the new number one contender for the AWF championship. All the wrestler from the night were in this match.

AWF Elk River, MN 2/26/2011

The American Wrestling Federation held "February Free for All V" at the Elk River High School this past Saturday night. This was a fund raiser show for the high schools football team. This event was taped for the AWF's TV show Saturday Night Slam. SNS can be seen on channel 45 at 11pm in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. You can also watch all the AWF SNS episodes on YouTube.
In the opening match "The Bulldog" Sammy Savard defeated "The Anarchist" Arik Cannon. Savard finished off Cannon with a stunner. Cannon's mohawk is getting pretty tall.
Benjamin Sailer & Ryan Cruz defeated John Johnson & Aaron Corbin to become the new AWF tag team champions. Sailer & Cruz are calling their tag team "Martial Law". If you think that's a good name for a good guy tag team leave a comment below. Just click on the word "comment". You don't even have to log in or anything.
Mitch Paradise pinned Mikey Wipeout after a choke power bomb. Wipeout used to go by the name Stanley but now he is doing a 'surfer dude' gimmick. Wipeout even rode the wave on Paradises back.
"All Star" Paul Brewski defeated The Black Stallion.
"live Wire" Johnny Parks defeated AWF heavy weight champion Arya Daivari. Unfortunately Parks won the match by DQ as Daivari hit referee Rob Page. After Page was knocked out another ref ran into the ring when Parks had Daivari pinned. The ref made the 3 count and gave the belt to Parks. Page finally woke up and DQed Daivari and gave him back the title belt.
In the main event for the night Tony DeNucci defeated "6% Body Fat" Rob James in a no DQ match.

Thoruf Marius signs with WWE

Midwest pro wrestler Thoruf Marius recently signed a WWE developmental deal. He moved down to Tampa, FL last month to start training at FCW.

Marius started training back in 2003 with Midwest Pro Wrestling in Maple Grove, MN. In one of his first matches he wrestled against Ken Anderson. There was no wrestler larger then Marius in the Midwest.

In the summer of 2007 Marius traveled to Japan to train with Pro Wrestling Noah. Marius returned from Japan with some extra weight. Must have been from eating lots of fish and rice. In 2009 Marius took part in a reality show that was filmed in Norway called Alt for Norge. Marius took third place on the first season of the show. Most recently Marius wrestled with the American Wrestling Federation as seen here against Johnny Parks.